2022 has been a challenging year for markets as participants experience major pullbacks with their portfolios and investors struggling to protect their capital. 

Against the backdrop of a high inflationary environment and geopolitical uncertainties, hedge funds felt the pains but managed to absorb some shocks in the market. 

While the asset class declined 9.3% for the first nine months of the year on the whole, several sub-strategies outperformed other fund types to log positive returns. But what exactly are these strategies, and what does this mean for investors as we look to 2023?

On Market View, Prime Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian spoke with Carrine Moh, Research Associate for Hedge Fund Data at PREQIN for more.